Judicial Nominating Commission
State of Georgia
Attention: Dana McGuire
600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
Telephone: 404-885-2696
Fax: 404-962-6919
Protocols

All Members of the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) shall act in accordance with the following protocols.

1. The JNC does not select or pick judges; this is a power reserved exclusively to the Governor.

2. No Member may receive anything of value from any applicant (a person who has an application for consideration for appointment to a vacant judgeship) while their application is pending.

3. No Member shall receive anything of value in exchange for their support or vote for an applicant.

4. No Member shall communicate any information received during any part of the process that has been deemed “confidential” by the Co-Chairs.

5. No Member of the Commission other than the Co-Chairs is authorized to speak for or comment on the work of the JNC.

6. No Member of the JNC shall have the legal authority, whether by agency or otherwise, to bind the JNC or any member of State government to anything.

7. Each Member is responsible for complete and total compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and Codes of Professional Conduct.

Judicial Nominating Commission

• Note, all members are appointed by the Governor.

Members

J. Randolph Evans, Esq.
Co-Chair
McKenna Long LLP
303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5300
Atlanta, GA 30308-3265

Pete Robinson, Esq.
Co-Chair
Troutman Sanders LLP
600 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5200
Atlanta, GA 30308-2216

Mary Paige Adams, Esq.
FTI Consulting
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30309

Christopher Carr, Esq.
Georgia Department of Economic Development
75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30308

Dennis T. Cathey, Esq.
Cathey & Strain, P.C.
649 Irvin Street
P. O. Box 689
Cornelia, GA 30531

Scott D. Delius, Esq.
Delius Law Firm, P.C.
2020 Howell Mill Road, Suite C-290
Atlanta, GA 30318

Arthur B. “Skin” Edge IV, Esq.
GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group
98 Mitchell Street
Atlanta, GA 30303

Robert S. Highsmith, Jr., Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP
One Atlantic Center, Suite 2000
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309

Darren R. Jones, Esq.
United Parcel Service
55 Glenlake Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30331

William T. Mitchell, Esq.
Cruser & Mitchell LLP
275 Scientific Drive, Suite 2000
Norcross, GA 30092

Patrick T. O’Connor, Esq.
Oliver Maner LLP
P. O. Box 10186
Savannah, GA 31412

Hon. Samuel S. Olens
Office of Attorney General
40 Capitol Square, SW
Atlanta, GA 30334

Jonathan Pannell, Esq.
Gray Pannell & Woodward LLP
24 Drayton Street, Suite 1000
Savannah, GA 31401

Charles E. Peeler, Esq.
Flynn Peeler & Phillips LLC
517 W. Broad Avenue, P.O. Box 7
Albany, GA 31702

Lee W. O. Shafer, Esq.
Wall Shafer, P.C.
Suite 400
3635 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Duluth, Georgia 30096

Patty S. Veazey, Esq.
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
2402 North Tift Avenue, Suite 101
Tifton, GA 31794

Hon. Rebecca “Ashley” Wright
Augusta Judicial Circuit
735 James Brown Boulevard, Suite 2400
Augusta, GA 30901